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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bradford A. Moore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joshua C. Weinberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Jorge Fino, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark B. Larus, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christine B. McGavran, Pacifica, CA (US);
Wesley Yue, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a mapping application with novel navigation and/or search tools. In some embodiments, the mapping application formulates predictions about future destinations of a device that executes the mapping application, and provides dynamic notifications regarding these predicted destinations. For instance, when a particular destination is a likely destination (e.g., most likely destination) of the device, the mapping application in some embodiments presents a notification regarding the particular destination (e.g., plays an animation that presents the notification). This notification in some embodiments provides some information about (1) the predicted destination (e.g., a name and/or address for the predicted destination) and (2) a route to this predicted destination (e.g., an estimated time of arrival, distance, and/or amount of ETD for the predicted destination). In some embodiments, the notification is a dynamic not only because it is presented dynamically as the device travels, but also because the information that the notification displays about the destination and/or route to the destination is dynamically updated by the mapping application as the device travels.